Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapters 61 to 75 Villages § 73.1

Sec. 1. Private property may be taken for public use in a village for opening, widening, altering, and extending streets, alleys, and avenues; for the construction of bridges, public buildings, and other public structures; for public grounds, parks, marketplaces, and spaces; for public wharves, docks, slips, basins, and landings on navigable waters; for the improvement of sanitary sewers, drains, ditches, storm water systems, water supply systems, and watercourses; for public hospitals; and for other lawful and necessary public uses.